Sleep and daytime sleepiness in adolescents with and without ADHD: differences across ratings, daily diary, and actigraphy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience greater sleep problems than their peers. Although adolescence is generally a developmental period characterized by insufficient sleep, few studies have used a multi-informant, multi-method design, to examine whether sleep differs in adolescents with and without ADHD.

Methods

Targeted recruitment was used to enroll an approximately equal number of eighth-grade adolescents (mean age = 13 years) with (n = 162) and without ADHD (n = 140). Adolescents and parents completed global ratings of sleep problems; adolescents, parents, and teachers completed ratings of daytime sleepiness. Adolescents wore actigraphs and completed a daily sleep diary for approximately 2 weeks.

Results

Adolescents wi

SUBMITTER: Becker SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6692210 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature